Vegetables are a rich source of carbohydrates, easily assimilated by our body, minerals and vitamins and very necessary fiber for the body. Vegetables do not cause gravity in the stomach, quickly cause a sense of satiety and thus do not contribute to obesity, so they are often the basis of many diets. Vegetarian vegetarian diet is recommended for people who have a tendency to hypertension or excess weight.
As a rule, the course of such a diet lasts a little less than a week. Vegetarian diet involves the exclusion from the diet of anything that has an animal origin. The volume of common consumed fruits and vegetables is gradually brought up to one and a half kilograms. The most frequent dishes of this diet are vegetable soups and salads, which are prepared using unrefined vegetable oil, corn, sunflower or olive.
1 day
- Morning is tea, it is best black, if desired - with dried apricots.
- Day - salad with beets, boiled potatoes, borsch, tea with herbs.
- Snack - green tea, maybe a banana.
- Evening - mineral water and fresh vegetable salad.
2 day
- Morning is one apple, black tea.
- Day - boiled potatoes, tea with herbs, vinaigrette, cabbage soup.
- Snack - mineral water, banana.
- Evening - vinaigrette, tea with herbs or berry juice.
3 day
- Morning is green tea with raisins or dried apricots.
- Day - cucumber salad, beetroot, tea with herbs.
- Snack - a small amount of fruit, compote.
- Evening - compote, fresh cabbage salad with vegetable oil.
4 day
- Morning is green tea, a small amount of fresh fruit.
- Day - salad of tomatoes and cucumbers, soup broth, mineral water.
- Snack - only compote or berry juice.
- Evening - raw carrots in any quantity, herbal tea, some berry juice, best of all cranberry or cranberry.
5 day
- Morning is just a cup of green tea.
- Day - one orange, a plate of vegetable salad, tea from herbs.
- Afternoon snack - half apple, berry juice.
- Evening - mineral water, fresh cabbage salad.
6th day
- Morning - a few fruits, green tea.
- Day - a salad of fresh herbs and vegetables with vegetable oil, borsch, mineral water.
- Snack - only compote or mineral water.
- Evening - a small amount of raw vegetables, herbal tea or berry juice.
Day 7
- Morning is a cup of tea (any), if desired - a small amount of dried fruits.
- Day - boiled potatoes, soup, vegetable salad, green tea.
- Snack - dried fruits, compote.
- Evening - vegetable salad, fruit in any quantity, any tea.
There is a softer version of this diet, with it you can eat some vegetable stews and legumes. Examples of such dishes can be stewed cabbage with additions in the form of onions, tomatoes, carrots, beans, lentils, various mixtures of frozen vegetables, zucchini, canned peas.
However, it should be remembered that unlike salads, stew should be eaten in small quantities.
All week except for the fifth day, rye bread, various types of nuts such as cashew, peanuts, almonds, peanuts, walnuts, etc. can be added to the diet. A set of greens, vegetables and fruits should be as varied as possible. If you feel a sharp hunger, you can eat a small amount of raw vegetables. Be careful with beets - it is useful for cleansing the body, but with excessive consumption can cause frustration of the intestine. Shortly before going to bed, it is recommended to take soothing decoctions of herbs.
Another vegetable diet
The most favorable time for a vegetable diet is the season of vegetables, i.e. the period is about a month. However, this period can also be extended by adding protein and carbohydrates to the diet. With a diet, a weight loss of 2 to 5 kilograms is noted.
Daily rate - one and a half kg of vegetables and fruits.
Recommended products:
- Fresh fruits.
- Fresh vegetables.
- Corn or oatmeal.
- Cereal or rye bread.
- Yoghurts, sour cream, kefir, low-fat milk, cottage cheese.
Sample menu for one day:
- The first breakfast is a carrot salad, a plate with cornflakes and milk.
- The second breakfast is one medium sized cucumber.
- Lunch - any vegetable salad with sour cream (vegetable oil), two boiled potatoes, a piece of bread.
- Afternoon snack - Bulgarian red pepper.
- Dinner - any vegetable salad with vegetable oil.